Multimodal, multidisciplinary research

Vermont’s Transportation Research Center (TRC) is a hub for innovative and interdisciplinary research, education and outreach on sustainable transportation system solutions. The TRC focuses on transportation planning as it relates to resilience, energy and health. (Photo Credit: Glenn Russell)

The latest technology

The Transportation Research Center features the latest in high tech equipment including an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle that is used to produce high resolution 3-dimensional maps.

Action, not just words

Our strength is in providing actionable data to our constituents. This information is provided through seminars, conferences, reports, and many other forms of outreach.

Partnerships

The TRC has partnerships with local, state, federal, and non-profit organizations.

Vermont’s Transportation Research Center (TRC) is a hub for innovative and interdisciplinary research, education and outreach on sustainable transportation system solutions. The TRC focuses on transportation planning as it relates to resilience, energy and health.

THe Vermont Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) is seeking a call for proposals for Graduate Research Assistantships for the 2015-2016 academic year and for summer 2016. In order to be eligible you must be a Graduate Student seeking a M.S. or Ph.D. in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline. … Continue reading

We can all get a feel for a neighborhood when we pass through it. People can qualify a neighborhood as beautiful or easy to get around, but quantifying the appeal of a neighborhood is far more difficult. A former UVM Transportation Research Center graduate student has developed a system for measuring the … Continue reading

Most students are thinking of home cooked meals and catching up on sleep right before winter break but Paola Rekalde Aizpuru opted to join the high intensity environment of New York City Department of Transportation. Paola is a graduate student at the University of Vermont and a Graduate Student Researcher with … Continue reading

For five days in January the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. will host the largest gathering of transportation researchers in the nation. The 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) is a conference dedicated to transportation research and allows researchers to come together and discuss the … Continue reading

The TRC would like to congratulate Michele Boomhower on her selection as Director of Policy, Planning, and Intermodal Development for the Vermont Agency of Transportation. Michele has been an extremely beneficial champion and partner of the TRC. She has served on our advisory board, she has served on several technical … Continue reading

The Frank Livak Room in the Davis Center quickly filled for the latest Burack Lecture Series presentation by Dr. Kelly Clifton of Portland State University. Her subject matter, green infrastructure and the impact on businesses, had clearly piqued the interest of Burlington and UVM community members and businesses alike. The Transportation Research … Continue reading